How long does it take to cook lily?

I believe that boiling lilies in water is the most common way of drinking in our daily life. You just need to put the lily petals in water and boil them for a few minutes and then you can drink it, or you can soak them in water and drink it directly. In addition to boiling water, lily can also be used to cook porridge and lily soup. You can learn how to cook lily. At the same time, you can understand the nutritional value of drinking lily water, which is beneficial to improve our body's resistance.

How long does it take to cook fresh lily?

Fresh lilies are usually cooked in about 5 minutes after being taken apart and stir-fried. Boiled in water, it only takes 2 to 3 minutes. If boiled for too long, they will easily melt and become mushy. Dried lilies can be soaked in warm water before cooking, or you can put them directly into the pot without soaking. However, if you soak them for an hour or two before cooking, they will cook faster. Cooking them for about 10 minutes is enough. If you put them directly into the pot without soaking, it will usually take half an hour to cook until they are soft.

1. Cook porridge with lily: First, wash an appropriate amount of rice, put it into a pot, add an appropriate amount of water and boil it over high heat, then turn to low heat and simmer for half an hour, finally add lily and cook for another ten minutes. Lily porridge has the effect of clearing away heat and fire, invigorating qi and moistening the lungs.

2. Tricolor lily: Remove the head and tail of the lily, wash and set aside. Remove the leaves and tendons of the celery, wash and set aside. Boil the ginkgo in water for a while, then remove the shell and skin. Then stir-fry the celery for a while and then add the ginkgo and lily in turn and stir-fry for 5 minutes until the lily is transparent and then remove from the pan.

3. Lily soup: Remove the head and tail of the lily, wash it clean, put it into a pot with water, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat until the lily is cooked. Adding sugar will make it taste better and is suitable for tuberculosis patients.

4. Lily and Pumpkin Soup: Lily can also be eaten with pumpkin. The method is: select the freshest part of the fresh lily, cut it into slices, wash and drain, mix it evenly with sugar and set aside. Peel the pumpkin, slice it, place it on a plate, put the lily on it and steam it for about 20 minutes.

Methods 1-3 above can both use fresh and dried lilies, only method 4 can only use fresh lilies. Generally, fresh lilies only need to be boiled for 5 minutes. Dried lilies should be soaked in water for 1-2 hours and then boiled for 20 minutes. If you put them directly in the pot, they will need to be boiled for about 40 minutes.

What are the benefits of fresh lily tea

1. Moisturize the lungs and relieve cough

Fresh lily contains lymph, which has the effect of moisturizing dryness and clearing away heat. It is often effective in the treatment of symptoms such as lung dryness or lung heat cough in Chinese medicine. Therefore, lily is very suitable for consumption in autumn.

2. Calm your mind and soothe your nerves

Lily enters the heart meridian and has a slightly cold nature. It can clear the heart and relieve restlessness, calm the mind and soothe the nerves. It is used for symptoms such as residual heat after a fever, confusion, insomnia, depression, joy, sadness and crying.

3. Anti-cancer

Lily contains many active bioalkalis. At a concentration of 1 microgram/ml, it can inhibit the proliferation of cancer cells in in vitro tissue culture and has a significant anti-cancer effect. Modern pharmacological research has confirmed that lily has a strong inhibitory effect on experimental mouse sarcoma-180 and cervical tumor-14. Studies have confirmed that eating lilies can help strengthen the body, inhibit the growth of tumor cells, and alleviate radiotherapy reactions. Adding coix seed can improve anti-cancer ability.

4. Enhance immune function

The protein, amino acids and polysaccharides in lily can enhance the body's immunity. Taking lily water extract twice a day for 10 consecutive days can significantly enhance the body's vitality, inhibit delayed allergic reactions caused by 2,4-dinitrochlorobenzene, and significantly increase the number of white blood cells in peripheral blood. Co-culturing 250 μg/ml of lily polysaccharide with lymphocytes can significantly promote the synthesis of DNA and RNA, and also increase the survival rate of lymphocytes.

5. Calming and hypnotic

Lily contains lily glycosides, which have sedative and hypnotic effects. Experiments have shown that taking lily soup before going to bed every night can significantly improve sleep and enhance sleep quality.

6. Beauty and skin care

Lilies are white and delicate. Fresh lilies are rich in mucus and vitamins, which are beneficial to the metabolism of skin cells. Eating lilies regularly has certain beauty effects.

7. Auxiliary treatment of gout attacks

Lily is rich in colchicine and can be used as an adjuvant treatment for joint pain caused by gout attacks. Colchicine does not affect the excretion of uric acid, but rather reduces the urate deposition formed by uric acid by inhibiting the activity of white blood cells and the function of phagocytes, thereby quickly reducing inflammation and effectively relieving pain. It has an auxiliary therapeutic effect on acute joint inflammation caused by gout attacks.

8. Anti-fatigue and anti-stress

Lily contains a variety of nutrients, such as minerals, vitamins, etc. These substances can promote the body's nutritional metabolism, enhance the body's resistance to fatigue and hypoxia, and at the same time can eliminate harmful substances in the body and delay aging.

9. Protect gastric mucosa

Lily contains pectin and phospholipids, which can protect the gastric mucosa and treat stomach diseases after taking.